Shoe-lace tip



'H. DQCHAFFEE.

SHOE LACE TIP. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 16. 192l.

1,402, v Patented Jan. 1922.

I INVENTOR W/TNE88E8. 1% J0. C/zafr a- HAROLD D. CHAFFEE, OF SOUTHMANCHESTER, CONNECTICUT.

SHOE-LACE 'rir.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J an. 3, 1922.

Application filed June 16, 1921. Serial No. 477,973.

lowing is a specification.

This invention relates to a tip for laces. The primary object of theinvention is to provide a tip of the above character which is adapted tobe quickly and easily attached to the end of a shoe lace or the like.

It is also an object of the invention that the tip be adapted to notbecome detached from the lace during the use thereof;

Other objects and advantages of the in-;

vention will be apparent during the course. of the followingdescription.

The invention isillustrated by way of example in the accompanyingdrawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of a shoe lace whenprovided with tips constructed in accordance with the present invention,

Figure 2 is a group view illustrating the manner in which the tip may beattached to the end of a shoe lace,

Figure 3 is an enlarged detail view showing the tip when attached to anend portion of a shoe lace, partly being shown in section to moreclearlyillustrate the invention, and

Figure 4 is a group View similar to Figure 2 but showing the elementswhich comprise the tip when separated.

Fig; 5, is a view of blank used for the tip proper. l 7 Referring to thedrawings more particularly, the tip comprises a sleeve 10 and aconical-shaped member 11 exteriorly threaded near its base portion, asat 12,

and also formedwith tangs 13 which extend from the baseportion thereofand'each tang having formed atits outer end'an inwardly .projectingpointed tooth 14. The member 11 is preferably formed of metal which isadapted to give the tangs 13 a certain resiliency. The sleeve '10 isformed with a tapered portion 15 at its one end, said tapered portionbeing interiorly threaded, as

shown in Figure 2, and adapted to operatively engage with the threadedportion 12 of the member 11 when the said sleeve is suitably positionedupon the member 11 for this purpose.

Referring to Figure 1, 16 indicates a shoe lace or the like, an endportion of which is shown in Figures 2, 3 and 4 and indicated by thereference numeral 17.

.In applying the tip the end 17 of the lace is positioned between thetangs 13 and then the sleeve 10 is slid about the tangs 13 and rotatedso that it may have threaded engagement with the member 11. The sleeve10 when in this position will clamp the tangs 13 upon the lace and alsopress the teeth 14 into the lace as shown in Figure 3, and in thismanner secure the tip to the lace against any possibility of detachmenttherefrom. It is also obvious in case the lace becomes broken near itsend the tip may be easily detachedand again secured to the endof thelace.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is:

1. A tip for lacings comprising in combination a conical-shaped memberhaving a plurality of tangs forming a continuation of the base portionthereof, said tangs being adapted to receive therebetween the end of alace, and a sleeve adapted to telescope said tangs and clampingly holdthem upon the lace. 2. A tip for laces comprising in combination aconical-shaped member having a plurality of resilient tangs forming acontinuation of its base portion, said tangs being adapted to receivetherebetween the end of the lace, an inwardly projecting pointed toothformed on the end of each tang, and a sleeve adapted to telescope saidtangs and clampingly hold them upon the lace.

3. A tip for laces comprising in combination a conical-shaped memberhaving a tinuation of its base portion, said tangs being adapted toreceive therebetween the end of the lace, an inwardly projecting pointedtooth formed on the end of each tang, a 10 sleeve adapted, to telescopesaid bangs and clampingly hold them upon thelace, and means by whichsaid sleeve may be held against movement.

' HAROLD D. GHAFFEE.

